republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2019-2020/hb-2137.md

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Bill	Senate Substitute for HB 2137 by Committee on Judiciary - Reviewing and continuing expiring exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act and eliminating a photograph record requirement in the scrap metal theft reduction act.	Senate Substitute for HB 2137 by Committee on Judiciary - Reviewing and continuing expiring exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act and eliminating a photograph record requirement in the scrap metal theft reduction act.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2019-2020	HB 2137	Kansas HB 2137 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted		3	20	1	2019-02-05	2020-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f83d0916-bf28-493d-b0ff-0cc8a1305403	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2137	6351ed1801f59c6374739f84ecfaba2725c24a22bd6504ec89c11a67dd911fd1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2137 (2019-2020) — Senate Substitute for HB 2137 by Committee on Judiciary - Reviewing and continuing expiring exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act and eliminating a photograph record requirement in the scrap metal theft reduction act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. Version 2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurred with amendments; — 121–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-05 Introduced introduction
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Hearing: Monday, February 11, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
• 2019-02-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-27 Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2019-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2019-03-26 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 passage
• 2019-03-26 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-05-21 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2020-05-21 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-05-21 Committee Report adopted
• 2020-05-21 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage, substitution
• 2020-05-21 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2020-05-21 Concurred with amendments; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
• 2020-05-21 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 executive-receipt
• 2020-05-21 Approved by Governor on Monday, June 1, 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f83d0916-bf28-493d-b0ff-0cc8a1305403. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).